The Hampton Roads Chamber of Commerce kicked off its quarterly Professional Women’s Leadership Luncheon Series on October 4 at the Holiday Inn Virginia Beach-Norfolk Hotel and Conference Center. The first speaker in the series was Colleen Barrett, Chairman Emerita, former President and Corporate Secretary of Southwest Airlines and co-author of “Lead with LUV,” which she co-authored with Ken Blanchard (“The One Minute Manager”).

Nearly 400 business and community leaders were in attendance to hear Barrett’s message. Barrett participated in a book signing before and after the luncheon.